Nafissatou Thiam prize money
Nafissatou Thiam has been paid $37,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 787th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the women's high jump and women's long jump, one of them a win.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | High jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | High jump | 9th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2024 | High jump | 13th | - |
| Athletissima 2023 | High jump | 8th | $500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | High jump | 7th | $750 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | High jump | 6th | $1,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | High jump | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 | High jump | 4th | $6,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2015 | High jump | =6th | $1,750 |
| All eleven | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $37,000 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the eleven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Nafissatou Thiam did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's heptathlon | - | DNS | - |
Nafissatou Thiam stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Nafissatou Thiam won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's heptathlon | Gold | $50,000 |
Nafissatou Thiam was paid $50,000 for the women's heptathlon in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
The European Championships
The Gold Crown Nafissatou Thiam has won
| EVENT | MARK | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's heptathlon | 6,848 pts | €50,000 |
Nafissatou Thiam has won one Gold Crown at the European Championships, worth €50,000, for the heptathlon at Rome 2024. A crown goes to the best performance in one of five event groups for men and five for women, so 79 of the 99 titles at Rome 2024 and Birmingham 2026 paid nothing. It is paid in euros and is not added to the $37,000 at the top of this page. From Silesia 2028 the crowns give way to a ladder paying €30,000 for every title. The European Championships page holds every crown, the athletes who won them and the ladder that replaces them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Nafissatou Thiam
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's high jump | 10 | - | 2015 to 2026 | $27,000 |
| Women's long jump | 1 | 1 | 2019 | $10,000 |
The women's high jump has paid Nafissatou Thiam $27,000 of the $37,000, which is 73% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2015 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $1,750 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | 1 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $6,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $6,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $20,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Allianz Memorial Van Damme | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $750 |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $500 |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | - |
| 2025 | 1 | - | Athletissima | - |
| 2026 | 1 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $1,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $20,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Nafissatou Thiam in 2016, 2020, 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $37,000.
Around Nafissatou Thiam on the money list
Ranks 767 to 807
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
| 772 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $38,250 |
| 773 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 774 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | - | $38,250 |
| 775 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | - | $38,000 |
| 776 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $38,000 |
| 777 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | - | $38,000 |
| 778 | Julian Forte | two disciplines | 1 | $37,750 |
| 779 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | - | $37,625 |
| 780 | Femi Ogunode | two disciplines | - | $37,500 |
| 781 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | - | $37,500 |
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
| 788 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 789 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | 1 | $37,000 |
| 790 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | - | $36,750 |
| 791 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $36,750 |
| 792 | Sofie Skoog | Women's high jump | - | $36,633 |
| 793 | Natalya Antyukh | two disciplines | - | $36,500 |
| 794 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | - | $36,250 |
| 795 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
| 806 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 807 | English Gardner | two disciplines | 1 | $35,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nafissatou Thiam is 787th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $37,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nafissatou Thiam most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ivana Španović, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Abigail Irozuru, Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, Yelena Sokolova and Lorraine Ugen.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kamila Lićwinko, Mirela Demireva, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Nicola Olyslagers, Erika Kinsey and Ana Šimić.
Meeting de Paris 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yuliya Levchenko, Mirela Demireva, Elena Vallortigara, Kateryna Tabashnyk, Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch and Erika Kinsey.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nafissatou Thiam won?
$37,000, which ranks 787th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2015 and 2026.
What is Nafissatou Thiam's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the long jump at the 2019 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Nafissatou Thiam gets paid?
Entirely by where she finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a win is worth the same in the women's high jump as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
How many Diamond League meetings has Nafissatou Thiam won?
One of eleven, worth $10,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $17,000.
Has Nafissatou Thiam ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Nafissatou Thiam earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The Olympic and European Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Nafissatou Thiam is Katarina Johnson-Thompson on $37,000, and one below Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet on $37,000. Nafissatou Thiam is one of 60 Belgium athletes athletics has paid, and Belgium athletics prize money adds them up to $821,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's high jump prize money and women's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Nafissatou Thiam has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's heptathlon page.